CAD Commands

Question 1

Cursor to Command Line

Answer 1

F1

Question 2

Clear Work Area

Answer 2

F5

Question 3

Open Field Initiate Form

Answer 3

F8

Question 4

Submit Open Form

Answer 4

F12

Question 5

Assist-Dispatch a second unit to assist a unit already on the incident

Answer 5

A

Question 6

Address book- from the command line, retrieves address books and ready reference information. In the messaging window, opens an address book.

Answer 6

AB

Question 7

Assist Enroute- Dispatch a second unit to assist a unit already on an incident and places a second one enroute.

Answer 7

AE

Question 8

Available In Quarters- places a unit in quarters

Answer 8

AIQ

Question 9

Assist On Scene- dispatch a second unit to assist a unit already on an incident and places the second unit on scene

Answer 9

AO

Question 10

Available on Radio- places a unit available on radio

Answer 10

AOR

Question 11

Available on scene- places a unit available on the scene of an incident.

Answer 11

AOS

Question 12

Back up unit-dispatch an additional unit to back up another unit already assigned to an incident

Answer 12

BU

Question 13

Clone Incident- creates cloned incidents based on existing incident. Incidents can be cloned from the command line or the clone incident Form.

Answer 13

CI

Question 14

OOS at CMF- places a unit out of service at CMF

Answer 14

CMF

Question 15

Clear Work Area- clears the specified Work Area.

Answer 15

CW, F5

Question 16

Detailed- other- places a unit on a detail not covered by other OOS statuses

Answer 16

DET

Question 17

Dissociate Incident- dissociates specified incidents

Answer 17

DI

Question 18

Delayed on radio- places a unit in an available status with a 2 minute penalty on AVR

Answer 18

DOR

Question 19

Duplicate Incident Close- uses to close and Incident AFTER it has been associated to the duplicate call. This automatically assigns the DUP disposition code and closes the Incident.

Answer 19

DUP

Question 20

Enroute- places a unit Enroute on an incident

Answer 20

E

Question 21

Enroute with 2 personnel- places a unit Enroute denoting they are responding with 2 personnel.

Answer 21

ETP

Question 22

Enroute with driver only- places a unit Enroute denoting they are responding with a driver only.

Answer 22

EDO

Question 23

Enroute with FF3 as an officer- places a unit Enroute denoting they are responding with a FF3 as an officer.

Answer 23

EFT

Question 24

Enroute No Officer- places a unit Enroute denoting they are responding without an officer

Answer 24

ENO

Question 25

Failed to Respond- a status to document when a unit fails to respond to an incident. Must be placed into last status (AIQ, AOR, etc)

Answer 25

FFR

Question 26

Field Initiate- used to create, dispatch, and place a unit on an incident. Will only be used when a unit comes across an Incident to which there is not an existing call for or when there is "walk in" patient to a station

Answer 26

FI

Question 27

Free Units- free all units from an Incident and place Incident back into pending

Answer 27

FR

Question 28

OOS at FROMS- places a unit OOS at FROMS

Answer 28

FROMS

Question 29

Follow unit- centers map on unit location or on home station if AVL is stale or not responding

Answer 29

FU

Question 30

Incident Associate- associates 2 or more incidents after they have been created

Answer 30

IA

Question 31

Incident Cancel- cancel an incident that is in the pending, that is not a duplicate, and does not need to be dispatched

Answer 31

ICX

Question 32

Incident Dispatch- dispatches units to an incident from the command line or opens the incident dispatch Form

Answer 32

ID

Question 33

Incident History- displays the history of the specified incident

Answer 33

IH

Question 34

Incident Initiation-creates an incident from the command line or places a blank incident initiation Form

Answer 34

II

Question 35

Incident Open- re-opens a closed incident

Answer 35

IO

Question 36

Incident Recall- displays the information for the incidents meeting the criteria entered on the command line or opens the incident recall Form where you can select the search criteria.

Answer 36

IR

Question 37

Incident Summary- displays the information for the incidents meeting the criteria entered in the command line or open the incident summary list showing non-closed incidents

Answer 37

IS

Question 38

Incident Update- updates the incident from the command line or opens an incident update Form

Answer 38

IU

Question 39

Location Detail- displays detailed street information for a verifiable location or determines whether an address is valid. You can also obtain unit recommendations by providing an incident response factor (IRF) with the location.

Answer 39

LD

Question 40

Log Off- takes a unit Off Duty and logs them out of CAD

Answer 40

LO

Question 41

Map Command- if the mapping application is closed, this opens up the MAP window. The Command allows user to search for a specified incident, unit, location, or cross streets from the command line, and zoom or pan the current displayed map.

Answer 41

MC

Question 42

OOS Mechanical- places a unit in an Out of Service status for mechanical reasons. *A Command is required for this status*

Answer 42

MECH

Question 43

Message Read- from the command line, displays the contents of either the inbox or another specified folder. Without any identifiers, the command opens the message window.

Answer 43

MR

Question 44

Move up/back- temporarily moves a unit from one station area into another as an attempt to balance resources with the agency jurisdiction. Also used to remove units from the temporary cover status.

Answer 44

MU

Question 45

Notification Read- displays a summary list of request to notify messages

Answer 45

NR

Question 46

Notification Send- allows a user to send a notification message from the command line or display a form to send a notification message

Answer 46

NT

Question 47

On Scene- places a unit on scene on an incident

Answer 47

O

Question 48

On Duty/ Log ON- places a unit on duty

Answer 48

ON

Question 49

Pre-empt- pre-empty a unit from a call and places them in a PRE status that is available to be dispatched

Answer 49

P

Question 50

Premise Hazard- shows the list of premise hazard records

Answer 50

PH

Question 51

Monitor Police areas- command used to assign all police areas to be monitored when signed in as Fire/Rescue

Answer 51

POL

Question 52

OOS for training at the PSTA- places a unit out of service for training at the PSTA

Answer 52

PSTA

Question 53

Ready Reference- searches and displays ready reference information

Answer 53

RR

Question 54

Status Backdating- manually back dates the time stamps of status changes

Answer 54

SB

Question 55

Sign Off- opens CAD log out dialog box

Answer 55

SF

Question 56

Send Mail- sends mail messages to specified address recipients from the command line or opens the mail window for composing and sending mail messsages

Answer 56

SM

Question 57

Transporting- places a unit in the transporting status. The hospital destination is required to be entered in the unit location field and a comment is also required

Answer 57

T

Question 58

Transport Arrived- places a unit in the transport arrived status

Answer 58

TA

Question 59

Unit History- shows activity for a unit or opens the unit history for where you can enter criteria

Answer 59

UH

Question 60

Unit Contact Timer- resets the unit status timer

Answer 60

UO

Question 61

Unit status- opens the unit status form or displays a specified units status from the command line

Answer 61

US

Question 62

Uncontrolled- place a unit in an uncontrolled status without logging them out of CAD

Answer 62

UU

Question 63

Unit exchange- exchanges 2 units. The first must be assigned to an incident

Answer 63

UX

Question 64

WHO- displays the signed on user list

Answer 64

WH